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Mladinowo
Spectators: 7378 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1778, VIP seats: 100) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Anton Babinov kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anton Babinov in the 7th minute of play forced CSKA Sofia's goalkeeper Manol Kútev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Prodan Púkov who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 9thth minute tested the skills of Manol Kútev when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 13th minute, Anton Babinov reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Manol Kútev. The goal made the score 1-0. Manol Kútev was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Lulcho Ambarev. After 25 minutes, Nesho Madzhov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the CSKA Sofia and the Mladinowo players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 25th minute, Nesho Madzhov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 26 minutes into the game, Delcho Karapandzhiev was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. CSKA Sofia's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mladinowo the free kick. In the 25th minute, one of CSKA Sofia:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for CSKA Sofia. CSKA Sofia:s Manol Kútev showed great skill when he stopped Lulcho Ambarev:s penalty. Zhecho Strandzhev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Darin Stanilov, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Tomislav Baykushev charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tomislav Baykushev the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Prodan Púkov was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 45th minute. Mladinowo's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Presiyan Morchev made the kick off in the second half. If Anton Babinov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Prodan Púkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Manol Kútev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Anton Babinov in the 58th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Manol Kútev saved CSKA Sofia from getting behind. Mladinowo's Prodan Púkov suffered a fractured collar bone after 62 minutes and couldn't finish the game. After 62 minutes of play CSKA Sofia's Delcho Karapandzhiev was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Mladinowo made a substitution. Miho Zinoviev replaced Gruyo Múglov. 62 minutes into the game, one of CSKA Sofia:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Mladinowo a penalty, 66 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Prodan Púkov, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of CSKA Sofia's Manol Kútev. 3-0. In the 70th minute, Viden Rusimov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mladinowo's Adam Aprilov got a good chance for a goal in the 79th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 82 minutes into the match, Prodan Púkov notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of CSKA Sofia's Manol Kútev. Manol Kútev was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Prodan Púkov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 85th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 88th minute, Prodan Púkov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Manol Kútev was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0. Mladinowo's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.